Check Out These Free Tutorials on Each Element of the Periodic Table
Did you know that beryllium is transparent to X-rays? Or is yttrium found in moonstones and bulletproof glass? Or was this curia named after Pierre and Marie Curie? Or has the use of tantalum in cell phones made the demand so great that wars broke out in Central Africa? I did this because I was reviewing this interactive chart on the TED-Ed platform , which has a free tutorial on each element of the periodic table. Go ahead, continue. Ask me something about hasium. [ Frenziedly designates hassium. ]
The diagram was built by the Periodic Videos team, who created a collection of 118 element videos. The clips include interviews with chemists Martin Poliakoff and Stephen Liddle, as well as laboratory experiments. Each element has a small quiz (“Is boron a metal or a non-metal?”) And a guided discussion (“What will be the differences in daily life for a person with a titanium hip implant and a person without it?”) And links to additional resources.
Parents, bookmark the site in case your kids complain that they have nothing to do. And learn something new yourself. Then, if you want to check out other creative periodic tables, here is one that shows the use of each element , one that has the elements ordered by the country that discovered them, and another that replaces the elements with symbols from the Lord of the Rings .